Fastener for sheet-metal caskets.



PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

J. MAXWELL. EASTENEE EUR SHEET METAL GASKETS.

APPLICATION I'XLED JATN. 11, 1904.

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JOHN MAXVELL, OF ONEIDA, NEWT YORMWK.

FASTENER FOR SHEET-METAL CASKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,727', dated May 10, 1904.

Application liled January 11, 1904. Serial No, 188,603. iNo modeld To all whom it Trl/my con/067%:

Be it known that l, JOHN MAXWELL, of Oneida, in the county of Madison, in the State ot' New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Sheet-Metal Gaskets, ot which the following, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in clamping devices, and is particularly useful ior clamping the lids ofburial-easkets to the main receptacle.

The object is to provide a simple, practical, and durable clamping device in which a camlever is pivotcd to one end ot' a link, which in turn is hinged to a base-plate on the main receptacle, so that the link, with the cam-lever thereon, may be swung to and from a position over the edge of the lid to clamp the latter in position or permit its removal without detaching any of the clamping parts from the casket.

Other objects will appearin connection with the specific form of casket for which the clamping device is intended.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a top plan and side view oi' one ot my improved clamping devices, showing a part ot' one of the bearings in the base-plate broken away to disclose the position of one ot the trunnions ot' the link. Fig. 3 is an edge view, partly in section, oi' the device seen in 1 and 2.

ln order to demonstrate the utility o'll my invention, l have shown portions ot' a case 1 and lid 2 of a burial-casket, which in this instance is formed of sheet .metal and the upper edges of the sides are o'lii'set laterally and outwardly to form a flange 3. rl`hiSiange is depressed longitudinally to form a lengthwise groove l1, and in the base of this groove is iitted a metal reinforcing-strip 5. A packing'- strip 6, as rubber, is inserted in the groove l and rests upon the strip 5, with its upper face projecting above the upper edges oll the ease to form a yielding seat ior the lid 2, as described in my pending application, Serial No. 190,144, filed January 22, 19011. lhe clamping device for securing the lid in place comprises a base-plate 8, a link 9, and a cam-lever 10, all oi' which parts are "preferably formed of metal and connected in a manner hereinafter described. This base-plate 8 is secured to the side oi' the case 1 wholly below the iiange 3 by suitable fastening means, as bolts or rivets 11, and its upper end is enlarged and formed with a vertical slot 12 and with bearingsockets 13, opening from the slot and also open at their inner sides toward the side oi the case. The lower end of the link 9 is formed with oppositely-projecting bosses or trunnions 15, and this end of the link is inserted in the slot 12 before the plate is se cured to the ease, the trunnions 15 passing into the inner sides of the bearings 13, and are therefore rotating-ly mounted in said bearings. When the plate 8 is secured in place, the side of the case closes the inner open sides of the sockets 13, and thereby holds the links in operative connection with the base-plate. The upper end er' the link is provided with ears 16, projecting in the direction oi the swinging axis oi the link, and to these ears is pivoted at 17 the lever 10, having a cam-face 18, movable around the pivot 17 and engaging the top face of the lid. The swinging axis of the cam-lever 10 is disposed at substantially right angles to that oi' the link 9, and this cam-lever therefore swings in a plane at an angle to that of the link; but both link and lever are adapted to be swung from a position beneath the llange oi' the case to a point over the edge of the lid, and when the cam is operated to secure the lid to the case the handle oi said lever lies Aflat against the lid, and therefore occupies butsmall space.

lt is believed that the operation is clearly apparent from the 'foregoing description and the acconnianying drawings and is therefore sui'liciently clear to enable any one skilled in the art to make and operate the same.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-A 1. A clamljng device comprising a baseplate, a link hinged to the base-platc and a' cam-lever hinged to the link, swinging in a diii'erent plane 'from that of the link.

2. A clamping device comprising a baseplate, having open-sided bearings, a link having bosses seated in the bearings and remov- IOO able through the open sides, a lever pivoted to the link and having a Circular face eccentrie to the pivot.

3. In combination With a ease and lid therefor, a base-plate secured to the Side of the case and provided With a bearing open at the side toward the side of the ease, a link having trunnions seated in the bearing, a lever pivoted to and swinging in a different plane from that of the link and provided with a earn-face Inovable around the pivot and engaging' the lid.

4. In combination with a case having the upper edges of its sides offset laterally and outwardly, a lid for the ease extending over the oiset, a base-plate secured to the ease and having a bearing open at the side toward the ease, a link having its lower end pivoted in said bearing and its other endv adapted to swing from a point below the offset to a position over the edge of the lid, and a earn-lever pivoted to the free end of the link for engaging l 

